Horse Shoe, North Carolina

Horse Shoe, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Horse Shoe, North Carolina
Horse Shoe, North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°20′35″N 82°33′23″W / 35.34306°N 82.55639°W / 35.34306; -82.55639Coordinates: 35°20′35″N 82°33′23″W / 35.34306°N 82.55639°W / 35.34306; -82.55639
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Henderson
Area[1]
 • Total 7.572 sq mi (19.61 km2)
 • Land 7.460 sq mi (19.32 km2)
 • Water 0.112 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation 2,090 ft (640 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 2,351
 • Density 310/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 28742
Area code(s) 828
GNIS feature ID 1020842[3]

Horse Shoe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.[3] Its ZIP code is 28742.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,351.[2]

The community took its name from a nearby meander in the French Broad River.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. 1 2 "Horse Shoe, North Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  5. ↑ Kramp, Penn (Feb 22, 1987). "Tuxedo: It's not formal wear". The Times-News. p. 27. Retrieved 23 May 2015.


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